MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F075.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271200F075.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 75 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 30.93,-77.94 Latitude: 30.93 Longitude: -77.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -14 SFC 998 -0 26.5 24.3 88 2.2 24.9 148 40 299.8 303.3 298.1 356.9 19.49 2 950 437 22.0 21.3 96 0.7 21.5 156 55 299.5 302.6 296.5 349.3 17.04 3 900 906 19.5 19.2 98 0.3 19.4 168 57 301.6 304.5 296.2 348.1 15.77 4 850 1399 17.6 17.1 97 0.5 17.2 165 54 304.6 307.3 296.2 348.1 14.60 5 800 1917 15.0 14.2 95 0.7 14.5 163 55 307.1 309.5 295.7 345.9 12.88 6 750 2463 12.7 11.9 95 0.8 12.2 170 56 310.4 312.6 295.8 346.3 11.76 7 700 3041 10.1 8.8 91 1.4 9.3 174 56 313.7 315.7 295.6 345.4 10.20 8 650 3656 6.8 5.9 94 0.9 6.2 172 54 316.6 318.4 295.5 344.9 9.01 9 600 4311 3.5 3.1 97 0.4 3.2 175 54 320.1 321.7 295.7 345.7 8.00 10 550 5014 0.2 -0.3 97 0.4 -0.1 181 52 324.3 325.6 295.8 346.5 6.84 11 500 5774 -3.3 -3.8 97 0.4 -3.6 186 51 329.0 330.1 296.3 348.3 5.80 12 450 6601 -8.1 -8.5 97 0.3 -8.3 190 47 333.0 333.9 296.3 348.3 4.49 13 400 7509 -12.6 -16.1 75 3.5 -13.9 185 42 338.6 339.2 296.3 348.3 2.73 14 350 8514 -19.9 -23.2 75 3.4 -20.8 176 39 342.0 342.3 296.2 348.2 1.68 15 300 9642 -26.4 -33.4 52 6.9 -27.8 185 38 348.2 348.3 296.9 351.2 0.77 16 250 10935 -35.9 -37.6 84 1.7 -36.2 194 33 352.6 352.8 297.7 355.0 0.60 17 200 12447 -47.8 -47.9 98 0.2 -47.8 214 23 357.1 357.1 298.3 358.1 0.25 18 150 14275 -64.0 -64.6 92 0.6 -64.1 205 14 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.9 0.04 19 100 16681 -74.4 -82.5 27 8.1 -74.4 164 8 384.0 384.0 302.9 384.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.44 m Freezing level: 547.65 mb = 5049.29 m = 16565.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 551.46 mb = 4992.24 m = 16378.55 ft Precipitable water: 2.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.34 mb = 278.03 m = 912.18 ft T: 23.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.03 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.94 mb = 566.38 m = 1858.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: 0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.44 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 205.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.49 mb = 570.51 m = 1871.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.49 mb = 617.03 m = 2024.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.49 mb = 7499.97 m = 24605.90 ft B at Equ Level: 198.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.49 mb = 11485.13 m = 37680.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 171.2 at 53.7 knts Storm direction: 201.2 at 40.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 316.2 neg: -39.2 tot: 276.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 5.46 Bulk Shear: 37.61 m/s